There are ways to bring back the data, even after a format. One utility for linux is http://www.r-tt.com/RLinux.shtml
DOS unformat will work as long as you didnt unconditional format /u on a FAT16 There is this utility for undeleting https://secure.datarecoveryzone.com/products_ff_undelete.asp for $29 may not be bad Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -----Original Message----- From: J. Craig Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] recovering files after formatting Hoyt wrote: > On Monday 08 April 2002 12:18 am, you wrote: > >>Hi >>I have mistakenly formatted a partition with some important data >>in it while installing Mandrake 8.2. >>The partition is still there with same size, untouched, etc. >>Any chance I can recover the data? >> > > You need to tell us what filesystem you are using. > How will knowing the filesystem help? You say the partition is still there, and "untouched". Well, my friend, if you have re-formatted the drive, it is not *untouched*. As a matter of fact, it is touched in a big way. Your data is gone, gone, gone. Now if you only deleted the partition by removing boundaries, there is help. It is complicated but you can recover data. J. Craig Woods UNIX SA
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